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(No Model.) A 2 Sheets-Sheet l. J. W. GRIDLEY.

CURRY 00MB. No. 317,341. Patented May 5,1885.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-sheet 2.

J. W. GRIDLEY.

GURRY 00MB.

Patented May 5, 1885.

v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN WVGRIDLEY, OF SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR ,TO THE SOUTHINGTON CUTLERY COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CURRY-COMB.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,341, dated May 5, 1885.

Application filed May 22, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN WV. GRIDLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at So 'uthington, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curry-Combs, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of my curry-comb. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view of my comb slightly modified in construc tion; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of my comb, showing another modification.

A. designates the comb back or frame, to

I 5 which the shank a is attached, preferably cast integral therewith. This back or frame A is elevated from the back of the bars I) for a sufficient distance to enable it to be grasped by taking hold of its edges without having the ends of ones fingers while thus grasping the comb extend below the backs of the comb-bars. From one-half to three-quarters of an inch is a proper distance to thus elevate the back; but the elevation may be greater or somewhat less. I connect this elevated back A with the several comb-bars b by means of a series of legs, 0, preferably cast integral with the back or frame A. The comb-bars 2), arranged in a group or series, may be riveted directly to the lower ends of the legs 0, or they may have a single intermediate piece in the form of a thin plate or rim between them and said legs, the plate 0 being shown in Figs. 1 and 2, (a part of its contour is indicated by broken lines in Fig. 1,) and the rim D being shown in Fig. 4. The plate or rim may be of the same size and contour, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

For convenience of casting, the back may 0 be made smaller than the size of the complete comb in plan view, as shown in Fig. 3, in which end bars or rims, d, are located at each end of the comb between the series of comb-bars and lower ends of the slanting legs 0. It is obvious that such a form can be cast more readily than can the form shown in Fig. 4..

One using a curry-comb often tires of holding it in one way-as for instance, by the or- 5o dinary wooden handle B-and therefore they grasp the back by its edges. This, with the ordinary comb, brings the ends of ones fin- (No model.)

gers so near the coat of the animal being our ried as to be disagreeable for obvious reasons. With the elevated back of either of the forms shown one can grasp the back by its edges from any two opposite points, either with or without resting some of his fingers on the legs 0 or c, and not experience the disagreeable result of bringing the finger ends too near the coat of the animal.

By forming the shank a for the handle 13 on the edge of an elevated back or frame said shank can be made shorter or with less of an offset, so as to bring the handle B more nearly'into the plane of the back, and consequently it is a more convenient form for one to use with one hand by simultaneously grasping the handle and bearing on the back.

I am aware that various prior patents show and describe grasping-handles which are secured to the comb-back and are elevated therefrom, and I hereby disclaim the same.

I am aware that a prior patent shows a combined brush and curry-comb having the ordinary wooden back with the comb-bars secured to the under side of said wooden back by means of screws, with a separate strip of rubber between each of the comb-bars and the under face of the back, and the same is also disclaimed.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a curry-comb, the combination of a series of comb-teeth, a comb-supporting plate to which said comb-teeth are fixedly secured, an elevated top plate or back adapted to be grasped by the hand, and intervening studs or posts by which the comb-supporting plate and elevated top plate are secured rigidly together, all substantially as herein described, and for the object specified.

2. The combination of a series of combteeth, a combsupporting-plate to which said comb-teeth are fixedly secured, an elevated top plate having secured thereto a suitable handle, and a series of intervening studs or rivets by which the comb-plate and elevated top-plate are secured rigidly together, substantially as and for the objects specified.

JOHN W. GRIDLEY.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN G. LEWIS, llIAROUS H. HoLcoMB. 

